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Salford Group’s Phill Doty is bringing the excitement to northeast ag with next week’s running of the Empire Farm Days show in upstate New York.

The largest outdoor agricultural show in the northeastern United States, Empire Farm Days takes place annually at Rodman Lott & Sons Farm in Seneca Falls. This year’s event takes place August 11-13, showcasing the usual array of tractors, farm implements, and dairy industry innovations, as well as working demonstrations, live animal seminars, and more than 600 exhibits loaded with the latest agricultural information for successful farming.

Doty, Salford’s northeast territory manager, will be in booth 437 to support northeastern dealers and educate attending farmers about Salford Group’s emerging, comprehensive lineup of tools built for soil productivity. He will bring several machines from across the Salford spectrum, including Salford tillage equipment, Valmar seeders, and BBI spreaders.

In the demonstration field, attendees should be sure to check out the brand new hybrid tillage beast from Salford’s Independent Series, the I-4200. Paired with a Valmar seeder, the I-4200 is built for soil productivity by combining elite residue mixing and superior field finishing capabilities seen in previously introduced I-Series machines. The I-4200, launched at this summer’s Canada’s Farm Progress Show, marks Salford’s continued commitment to increasing potential return on investment via versatility and performance with each successive generation of equipment innovation.

Back in booth 437, Doty will display a pair of Salford tillage pieces, the I-5100 and the 9700. The longest tillage frame in the I-Series, the I-5100 is the series’ first full primary tillage tool. The 9700 is known as Salford’s “conservation tillage specialist,” as it performs multiple operations, including soil tillage, minimum tillage, deep tillage finishing or deep ripping, to reduce capital costs and maintenance required for multiple pieces of equipment normally required to perform the same jobs on the farm.

Doty is bringing a full arsenal of broadcast spreaders from BBI to Empire Farm Days, featuring four fertilizer and lime spreaders designed to meet the needs of farming operations in the northeastern US. MagnaSpread is BBI’s flagship line of hydraulic fertilizer and lime spreaders, optimized for precision targeting of nutrients.

Also on display is Cricket Vineyard, a pull-type spreader designed with adjustable track-widths and a low profile suitable for orchards and vineyards. Finally, Doty will showcase Grasshopper, a high-clearance spreader designed for mid-season, top-dress applications and Trooper, a compact, rugged model primarily used in fleets for small farm operations.

For more information on Empire Farm Days, running August 11-13 at Rodman Lott & Sons Farm in Seneca Falls, New York, visit the show website at www.empirefarmdays.com.

New for 2018 - On the heels of launching the Salford-Valmar 6700 Mounted Air Boom Applicator, Salford Group is releasing a row crop air boom for the new 8700 Pull-Type Air Boom Applicator. Both the 6700 and 8700, along with the newly released Ferti-GO 4S, will be on display at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, February 14 – 17, 2018.

New for 2018, Salford Group is releasing the Salford-Valmar 6700, the world's only aftermarket chassis mounted air boom applicator. The 6700 will bring producers, custom applicators and ag retailers alike to new heights with dry fertilizer air boom applicators, mounted on high clearance sprayer chassis.

New for 2018, Salford Group is releasing the Ferti-GO 4S - a planter mounted, granular, on-board fertilizer applicator. The Ferti-GO 4S is available for order from Salford's Valmar and Salford dealers.

Salford-Valmar is introducing the 56 series, a new line of granular applicators to replace its successful, long-running 55 series line. This new line features new polyethylene hoppers, a new ISOBUS controller and the ability to control up to 4 separate metering sections. Also being introduced at Farm Progress, will be Salford-Valmar’s 6-ton PathFinder steerable cart, to be paired with the ST6.

Salford’s Valmar 9620, the world’s largest capacity pull-type pneumatic boom applicator, is now in full production. The newest addition to Salford’s Valmar Air Boom product line is available from Salford’s Valmar dealers. Salford acquired Valmar in May, 2015.

“Salford’s Valmar Air Boom line has earned a reputation for being accurate, reliable and technologically sound. By adding precision technology and targeted application to this existing technology, we’ve created a product which allows producers to see a direct return on investment,” said Salford’s Valmar Customer Service Manager, Jason Janzen.

Salford Group

Salford Group is a global leader in the manufacturing of tillage, seeding, and precision application equipment. Salford is dedicated to improving agricultural productivity and profitability through innovation and advancements in precision, durability, versatility in the field. Salford Group includes the patented Independent Series line of tillage implements as well as a complete line of conventional tillage machines and air drills. Salford’s AerWay division brings quality tillage and pasture aeration equipment, and the BBI Spreader and Valmar Airflo divisions of Salford bring decades of patented dry application innovations. Salford engineers and manufactures its highly productive agricultural equipment from its facilities in Iowa, Georgia, Ontario and Manitoba.

Salford Group, with facilities in Iowa, Georgia, Ontario, Manitoba, and Russia, is a global leader in the manufacturing of tillage, seeding, and precision nutrient application equipment. The company dedicates its ongoing innovation efforts to precision, durability, versatility in the field, and improving the economics of farming for producers worldwide.